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The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded a $2.4 million grant to complete runway maintenance work at the Francis S. Gabreski Airport in Westhampton.
An East Patchogue girl at risk of losing her eyesight will get to see the pope, thanks to a Long Island congressman.
Louisa Taitt, 9, is progressively growing blind. She says her dream is to meet Pope Francis.
Rep. Lee Zeldin surprised the girl at her church, Saint Joseph the Worker in East Patchogue, with an invitation to meet Pope Francis in Washington, D.C.
Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin has joined the fight against a plan to continue dumping dredged-up sediment from Connecticut in the Long Island Sound.
"We can't assume that just dumping these waste spoils into the Long Island Sound is environmentally benign," Zeldin says.
An amendment was successfully added to the Student Success Act that could possibly bring an end to Common Core. This week, the US House narrowly passed the reauthorization of HR 5 (the Student Success Act). HR 5 is the controversial proposed replacement for the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). The amendment, authored by conservative Rep.
Washington - East End residents can now enter a lottery for tickets allowing them to be on the U.S. Capitol's west lawn as Pope Francis makes his historic address to a joint session of Congress, Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) announced Wednesday.
Last week, U.S. Representative Lee Zeldin continued his effort to block a proposed Iran nuclear deal, co-sponsoring two resolutions in the House.
East End Congressman Lee Zeldin wasted little time after the nuclear inspection deal with Iran was finalized Tuesday morning in announcing he plans to work to nix the deal.
President Obama is asking critics of the Iran nuclear deal what the alternative is other than war as if it’s rhetorical question, but there is an answer: a better deal.
Local environmentalists and lawmakers say they believe the U.S. Army of Corps of Engineers’ latest plan for disposing dredged materials won’t protect the Long Island Sound.